MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508040000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 42.23,-92.25 Latitude: 42.23 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 173 SFC 988 279 25.0 21.7 82 3.3 22.6 123 7 299.2 302.2 296.2 348.0 16.75 2 950 620 20.7 19.8 95 0.9 20.1 128 10 298.2 301.0 295.1 343.2 15.51 3 900 1086 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 140 13 299.1 301.4 293.4 336.5 12.80 4 850 1573 14.6 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 137 12 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.8 11.33 5 800 2084 12.3 11.3 94 1.0 11.7 131 10 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.8 10.56 6 750 2624 10.7 -4.7 33 15.4 3.4 140 5 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.5 3.60 7 700 3194 7.2 -11.4 25 18.7 -0.5 262 2 310.5 310.9 288.1 317.9 2.28 8 650 3798 2.5 -3.4 65 5.9 -0.4 289 5 311.8 312.6 290.6 326.2 4.57 9 600 4440 -1.6 -14.1 38 12.6 -6.3 316 9 314.3 314.7 289.1 321.3 2.13 10 550 5127 -5.7 -17.4 39 11.7 -9.6 315 14 317.4 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.78 11 500 5867 -10.2 -29.5 19 19.4 -14.8 299 16 320.6 320.8 289.6 323.0 0.66 12 450 6672 -14.9 -44.2 6 29.3 -19.4 296 17 324.4 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 13 400 7551 -21.0 -46.2 8 25.2 -24.2 289 20 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.2 0.15 14 350 8521 -28.5 -38.1 39 9.6 -29.7 297 21 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.41 15 300 9610 -36.2 -40.2 67 4.0 -36.7 302 36 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.7 0.38 16 250 10845 -46.5 -50.8 61 4.4 -46.7 302 43 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.14 17 200 12305 -50.3 -62.7 22 12.4 -50.7 297 44 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.3 0.04 18 150 14156 -54.9 -76.5 5 21.5 -55.3 279 25 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.01 19 100 16713 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.4 252 6 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.15 m Freezing level: 619.51 mb = 4189.60 m = 13745.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.56 mb = 3116.96 m = 10226.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.47 % Est. max temperature: 27.88 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.82 mb = 694.67 m = 2279.09 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 918.75 mb = 908.28 m = 2979.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 19.32 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1091.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.25 mb = 903.58 m = 2964.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 914.25 mb = 950.57 m = 3118.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.25 mb = 11270.98 m = 36977.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.25 mb = 13976.32 m = 45853.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 20.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.9 neg: -11.0 tot: 18.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 24.58 Bulk Shear: 44.40 m/s